Smodlaka families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area.
Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Smodlaka live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (95), in Klis (40) and Dugopolje (35) in Solin area, Solin (15), and in Zagreb (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Smodlaka is present in 9 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.